Basketweave Knife Sheathe (Large Hunting Knife)

[LMullins]

Hey Folks,

I had a customer request that I make them a custom-fitted basketweave sheathe... there was just one problem..

See, this Hunting Knife was sentimental to them and they were unable to risk it getting lost or damaged in the mail, and they lived much too far to exchange in person so there was only one thing I could do.

 

I had them take photos and map out measurements, and then I constructed a similar shape to the blade for reference and began working. In the end, the knife fit perfect and the thick sheathe came out beautiful. 
 

Looking back, I think I would've shortened the snap closure, but that's pretty tricky to get right when you don't physically have the knife in your possession. Let me know what you think!

[dikman]

Very nice, given the circumstances you did well!

[Littlef]

Nice job.  That’s really clean.  I dig it.  

[BlackDragon]

Great job!

[Bert03241]

Beautiful

[Brokenolmarine]

Graceful curves, clean crisp tooling.  Very nice.

[LMullins]

22 minutes ago, Brokenolmarine said:

Graceful curves, clean crisp tooling.  Very nice.

Thank you.

 

I always find the curves in particular to be the most difficult to work, whether it's sanding, burnishing, or tooling. 

[FrankHester]

Loolks great! What did you sew it with? 

[AEBL]

Crisp and clean! I like it very much.

[Gezzer]

Well Done !!!!!!!

[LMullins]

On 5/25/2025 at 11:56 AM, FrankHester said:

Loolks great! What did you sew it with? 

I perforated it with a machine and then finished by hand. No particular reason, just wanted to hand stitch this one. 

[dikman]

I use the same process for hand stitching as it gives nice even spacing. 

[bladegrinder]

For not having the knife on hand I’d say you did great! I had a knife maker friend years ago that was a retired sheriff and hated leatherwork, he sent cardboard cutouts to a guy doing life in prison to make his sheaths. The guy did good work but being in prison he had to use water based dyes that just didn’t look that good.

[Hags]

Ditto  all the above! without the knife to measure you did all you could. Looks great!

Edited 14 hours ago by Hags

[FrankHester]

19 hours ago, LMullins said:

I perforated it with a machine and then finished by hand. No particular reason, just wanted to hand stitch this one. 

It does look good!

[LMullins]

2 minutes ago, FrankHester said:

It does look good!

Thanks!!

[PastorBob]

Well done.  It's not easy working from pictures of a 3D object.  Congrats!